Death was everywhere at Cold Harbor in 1864, but the point of the killing […]
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Churchill at War: Scandinavian Twist
Churchill’s fiasco in Norway in 1940 propelled him into office—and ensured Hitler would fail […]
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Tactical Exercises: Fear the Phalanx
The Macedonian formation terrified opponents— and at times overwhelmed the vaunted Roman legion. ONE […]
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Daily Quiz for November 20, 2017
U.S. Speaker of the House Champ Clark nearly became the Democratic presidential candidate in 1912 but lost to this man.
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Daily Quiz for November 19, 2017
For years, the White House was an unkempt, deteriorating building whose upkeep was primarily at the president’s expense causing this president to call it “a temple of inconveniences.”
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Daily Quiz for November 18, 2017
Widowed between his election and his inauguration, this president kept a portrait of his wife next to his heart.
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Artists on War: If at First You Do Succeed
John Trumbull painted three versions of The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar. […]
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Wellesley’s Trial
How the calcified British high command nearly sacrificed the young general— and Britain’s future—after […]
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The End of Athens: How the City-State’s Democracy was Destroyed
A demagogue, a treacherous ally, and a brutal Roman general destroyed the city-state—and democracy—in the first-century BC
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Getting the Truth Out
Ten Americans made a daring escape from the Japanese and shocked the home front […]